As a follow up to the worlds largest puzzle arms race post, the order appears to be:
- Wildlife (33,600 - Educa, 2014)
- Double Retrospect (32,000 - Ravensburger, 2010)
- Life (24,000 - Educa, 2007)
- 4 Maps (20,000 - Weltkarte, 2004)
- 4 Historical World Maps (18,240 - Ravensburger, 2003)
- Sacred and Profane Love (13,200 - Clementoni, 2002)
- The Temptation of St. Peter (12,000 - Ravensburger, 1983)
- Dolomites (7,500 - F.X.Schmid,1980?)
The history before that is a bit muddy... enjoy the list!
| 33,600 Pieces | |||
| Wildlife | Educa | 33,600 | |
Artist: Adrian Chesterman Released: 2014 Notes: Currently Worlds Largest Commercial Puzzle Owned: Started: 3 Completed: Assembled By: Notes: Worlds Largest Commercial Puzzle | |||
| 32,000 Pieces | |||
| New York City | Ravensburger | 32,256 | |
Artist: Released: 2014 Notes: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
| Double Retrospect | Ravensburger | 32,256 | |
Artist: Keith Haring Released: 2010 Notes: Currently Worlds Largest Commercial Puzzle Owned: Yes Started: 1/31/2013 Completed: Assembled By: Tom Notes: | |||
| 24,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | Life | Educa | 24,000 |
Artist: Royce McClure Released: 2007 Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: #13434 Was worlds largest, displacing 4 Maps from Weltbild's 4Maps (20,000pc) | |||
| 20,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | 4 Maps | Weltbild | 20,000 |
Artist: Unknown Released: 2004? Owned: No Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: Was world's largest. Came as 20 bags of 1000 pieces each | |||
| 18,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | Sistine Chapel | Educa | 18,000 |
Artist: Michelangelo Released:2014 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: A re-release in a larger format. | |||
| Antike Landkarten | Weltbild | 18,000 | |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | St. Columba Altarpiece | Educa | 18,000 |
Artist: Weyden, Rogier van der Released: 2003 Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: #12048 Educa's only 18,000 offering and their largest until Life. I purchased this puzzle at Card Kingdom of Seattle in June of 2013 and hauled this monster as my carry on luggage all the way back to St. Thomas. Amazingly enough, I found it unopened 10 years after it was released for $179. | |||
![]() | At the Waterhole | Ravensburger | 18,240 |
Artist: David Penfound Released: --- Owned: Pending Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | Paradise Sunset | Ravensburger | 18,240 |
Artist: David Penfound Released: 2012 Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| 4 Historical World Maps | Ravensburger | 18,240 | |
Artist: Nicholas Visscher,Johanne A Loon, Abraham Ortelius Released: 2003 Owned: Yes Started: 5/11/2013 Completed: --- Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes Notes: Worlds Largest Puzzle - Displaced Clementoni's Sacred and Profound Love | |||
![]() | Tropical Impressions | Ravensburger | 18,240 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | City Skylines of the World | Ravensburger | 18,240 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Country Seasons | Bits and Pieces | 18,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
| 13,200 Pieces | |||
![]() | The Last Supper | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | The Annunciation | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist:Leonardoda Vinci Released: Feb 2002 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Sacred and Profane Love | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist: Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) Released: 2002 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: This was the worlds largest puzzle, finally displacing Ravensburgers 12,000 Temptation of Saint Anthony. | |||
![]() | Band of Thunder | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Creation of Adam | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist: Michelangelo Released: --- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Lahaina Vision | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Dolomites | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- | |||
![]() | Nova Totius Terrarum Sive Novi Orbis Tabula | Clementoni | 13,200 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
| 12,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | Creation of Adam | Ravensburger | 12,000 |
Artist: Michelangelo Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | New York | Ravensburger | 12,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | The Temptation of St. Anthony | Ravensburger | 12,000 |
Artist:Hiëronymus Bosch Released: 1983 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: This was the first 12,000 piece puzzle and was the worlds largest for nearly 20 years. | |||
![]() | Neuschwanstein Castle | Ravensburger | 12,000 |
Artist:--- Released: 1985 Owned: Pending Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Whats with the Educa/Ravensburger.... any ideas? | |||
![]() | Vista Hacia Afuera (Beautiful View) | Schmidt | 12,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
| 10,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | The Surrender of Breda | Educa | 10,000 |
Artist: D. Velazquez Released: 2007 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #13433 | |||
![]() | The Last Supper | Yanomen | 10,000 |
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Tower of Babel | Yanomen | 10,000 |
Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | The Garden of Earthly Delights | Educa | 10,000 |
Artist: Hiëronymus Bosch Released: 2001 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Comes in a wooden box. | |||
![]() | Las Hilanderas (The Weavers) | Educa | 10,000 |
Artist: Velazquez Released: 2003 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #12030 | |||
| 9,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | Wedding Feast at Cana | Ravensburger | 9,120 |
Artist: Paolo Veronese Released: --- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Tower of Babel | Ravensburger | 9,120 |
Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released: --- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Arrived and damaged. Counted pieces and two were missing. | |||
![]() | Astrology | Ravensburger | 9,120 |
Artist: David Penfound Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | The Bombardment of Algiers | Ravensburger | 9,120 |
Artist:Thomas Luny Released: --- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
| Underwater Paradise | Ravensburger | 9,120 | |
Artist: David Penfound Released:--- Owned:No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | World Map 1611 | Ravensburger | 9,120 |
Artist:Peter van den Keere Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Garden of Earthly Delights | Educa | 9,000 |
Artist: Hiëronymus Bosch Released:2011 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #14831 | |||
| 8,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | The Shootings of May 3rd | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist: Goya Released: --- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Educa's first 8000 piece offering | |||
![]() | Trionfo degli Asburgo (The Glory of the Spanish Habsburgs) | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist: Luca Giordano Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #10122 | |||
![]() | La Parnasse | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist: Nicolas Poussin Released: 2003 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #12029 | |||
![]() | School of Athens | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist: Raffaello Released: 2007 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #13432 | |||
![]() | While She Was Sleeping | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist:--- Released: 2012 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #15168 | |||
![]() | Cottage Stream | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist: Kim Sung Released: 2010 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #14454 | |||
![]() | Sistine Chapel | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist: Michelangelo Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Art Studio | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist:--- Released: 2012 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #15172 | |||
![]() | The Surrender of Granada | Educa | 8,000 |
Artist: Francisco Pradilla Ortiz Released: 2001 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #7948 | |||
![]() | 2000 Years (History of man) | Heye | 8,000 |
Artist: Degano Released: 1998 Owned: Pending Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: We are building this puzzle as our first puzzle in our puzzle building service. | |||
![]() | Berlin | Heye | 8,000 |
Artist: Ryba Released: 2002 Owned:--- Started: no Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | New York | Heye | 8,000 |
Artist: Ryba Released: 2002 Owned:no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | African Savana | Grow | 8,000 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | Peasant Wedding | Grow | 8,000 |
Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| Sixtinische Kapelle (Sistine Chapel) | IdeenShop | 8,000 | |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| 7,500 Pieces | |||
![]() | Extinct, Protected andEndangeredWildlife Around the World | F.X.Schmid | 7,500 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Dolomites | F.X. Schmid | 7,500 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By: Notes: Worlds Largest | |||
![]() | Skyline New York | F.X.Schmid | 7,500 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
| 6,000 Pieces | |||
![]() | What Happens in Vegas... | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Venice | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: --- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | The Creation of Man | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: Michelangelo Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Ramsau | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Zodiac | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: Pending Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Forest (Tropics) | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Magna Carta | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: Claes Janszoon Visscher Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: See the write up about this piece here | |||
![]() | Neuschwanstein Castle (Red Sky) | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
| Majestic Kingdom | Clementoni | 6,000 | |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | New York by Night | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Allegory of Sight and Smell | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | Toadstool Cottage | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | The Art Studio | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Late Summer Garden | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: 2011 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #14830 | |||
![]() | Love's Labours Lost | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: E.L. Long Released: 2010 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #14453 | |||
![]() | Good Old Days | Sunsout | 6,000 |
Artist:Nicky Boehme Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Butterfly Rainbows | Sunsout | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Balloon Glow | Sunsout | 6,000 |
Artist: Nicky Boehme Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Noah's Ark | Sunsout | 6,000 |
Artist:Tom DuBois Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Bodnant Garden | Heye | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | In the Mountains | Nathan | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Views of Ancient Rome | Nathan | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | New York | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
| In The Mountains | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Spring | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Wedding Feast At Cana | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
| Girl | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
| Matterhorn | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Historic World Map | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Map 1635 | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
| Sunset on the Sea | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: Thomas Kinkade Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Battle of Lepanto, 7th of October 1571 | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: H. Letter Released: 2001 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #7136 | |||
![]() | Battle of Lepanto | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Playing Cards | Piatnik | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | The View | Nathan | 6,000 |
Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | San Francisco | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Neuschwanstein Castle (Blue Sky) | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Villnoss Valley | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: 2005 Owned: Pending Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #12027 | |||
![]() | Vacation | Piatnik | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Las Meninas (Dames in Waiting) | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: Diego Velazquez Released: 2005 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #12028 | |||
![]() | Consecration of the Emperior Napolean and the Coronation of the Empress Josephine | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: Jacques-Louis David Released: --- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #14129 | |||
| What A Crowd | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: | |||
![]() | A New and Accurate Map of the World | Piatnik | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Tower of Babel | Nathan | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Yes Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Collage | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: E.B. Leighton Released: 2006 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #13040 | |||
![]() | Nautilus | Nathan | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Chain Bridge - Budapest Hungary | Piatnik | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Belvedere Castle, Vienna | Piatnik | 6,000 |
Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: | |||
![]() | Tegernsee, Germany | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | Artisans d'Autrefois | Nathan | 6,000 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| Times of the Day | Nathan | 6,000 | |
Artist: A. Mucha Released: Mid 80's? Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: Our first 6000 piece puzzle and our first Nathan Puzzle. | |||
| Picture Gallery | Nathan | 6,000 | |
Artist: Givonanni Paolo Pannini Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| Old World Map | Educa | 6,000 | |
Artist: --- Released: 2008 Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: #13777 | |||
| Japanese Garden | MB | 6,000 | |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| Glacier | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:No.625 6055 | |||
![]() | Windjammer Voilier Goletta a Vele Quadre Zallschip the Tall Ship Fullriggare | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | A Composition in Blue and Yellow | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: Anne Geddes Released: 2012? Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| Palms | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| Earth Angel | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: Josephine Wall Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | Fantasy | Clementoni | 6,000 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| New York City | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
| Sailboat? | Schmidt | 6,000 | |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | Linderhof | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | Neuschwanstein Castle | Schmidt | 6,000 |
Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||
![]() | The Surrender of Breda | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: D. Velazquez Released: 2001 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #10121 | |||
![]() | The Surrender of Granada | Educa | 6,000 |
Artist: Francisco Pradilla Ortiz Released: 2007 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #13431 | |||
![]() | The Flower Market | MB | 6000 |
Artist: Marie Francois Firmin-Girard Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: | |||

























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